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Antares: Supply rocket headed to space station explodes at liftoff

ATLANTIC, Va. — An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening, with debris falling in flames over the launch site in...

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Rocket engines suspected in NASA launch explosion

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (AP) — Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of figuring out why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA’s strategy of...

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Russian ‘joke’ engines suspected of causing disastrous rocket explosion

THE explosion that destroyed a $200 million unmanned rocket on Tuesday is thought to have been caused by its 1960s era Russian-built engines. As crews searched for scorched wreckage along the coast of...

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Russian engines suspected of causing disastrous rocket explosion

THE explosion that destroyed a $200 million unmanned rocket on Tuesday is thought to have been caused by its 1960s era Russian-built engines. As crews searched for scorched wreckage along the coast of...

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Antares rocket explosion a commercial spaceflight setback; environmental...

Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of figuring out why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA's strategy of using private companies to...

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Rocket explosion deals blow to space commercialization

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. – Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of figuring out why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA’s strategy of using...

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NASA Hosts Call on Draft Solicitation for New Launch Services Class (NASA -...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) M-Cubed/COVE-2 is the reflight of a 1U CubeSat developed by U. Michigan to image the Earth at mid-resolution, approximately 200m per...

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Supply rocket headed to space station explodes

ATLANTIC, Va. — An unmanned commercial supply rocket bound for the International Space Station exploded moments after liftoff Tuesday evening, with debris falling in flames over the launch site in...

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Astronaut Preps for Space Station Mission, Available for Interviews (NASA -...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, who is making final preparations for his launch next month on his first mission to the International...

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WATCH LIVE: Expedition 48 crew members return to Earth

Three crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) are set to make their return to Earth Tuesday evening. Expedition 48 Commander Jeff Williams of NASA and Soyuz Commander Alexey Ovchinin and...

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Book Shows How Space Station Research Offers "Benefits for Humanity' (NASA -...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Book Shows How Space Station Research Offers "Benefits for Humanity' | NASA A new book from NASA is showing how research aboard the...

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NASA, Microsoft Collaborate to Bring Science Fiction to Science Fact (NASA -...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) NASA and Microsoft are teaming up to develop Sidekick, a new project using commercial technology to empower astronauts aboard the...

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NASA Solicits Proposals for Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay 2 Use (NASA -...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) A loud whoosh, faint smoke trail and billowing parachutes marked a successful demonstration Wednesday by SpaceX of its Crew Dragon...

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Three Space Station Crews to Answer Media Questions from Orbit (NASA - The...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Nine International Space Station crew members will discuss their mission with reporters from around the world during a joint crew news...

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NASA Television to Air Launch of Next International Space Station Crew (NASA...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Aidyn Aimbetov of the Kazakh Space Agency, Sergei Volkov of the Russian Federal Space Agency and Andreas Mogensen of ESA (European...

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Space Station Partners Announce Crew Members for Missions in 2017 (NASA - The...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Expedition 51/52 crew member Mark Vande Hei during ISS Joint AL Hardware training with instructors Michael Dino, Eryn Beisner....

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Astronaut Tony Antonelli Departs NASA After 15 Years (Johnson Space Center)

(Source: Johnson Space Center) The 2013 astronaut class members pose at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 8, 2015 after receiving their astronaut pins, symbolizing the completion of their...

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NASA Astronaut Kjell Lindgren Available for Interviews (NASA - The National...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, Expedition 44/45 flight engineer, gets help donning a training version of his Extravehicular Mobility...

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Bad Weather Again Delays Launch of Cargo Ship to Space Station (NASA - The...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) This artist's concept shows the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) H-II Transport Vehicle-5 separating from its H-IIB launch...

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NASA Administrator Statement on the Loss of SpaceX CRS-7 (NASA - The National...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Charles Bolden on the loss Sunday of the SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services 7...

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NASA Names New Manager of International Space Station Program (NASA - The...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) NASA's springboard for discovery, innovation and deep space exploration has a new chief. The agency has named Kirk Shireman as the new...

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TV Coverage Set for Seventh SpaceX Resupply Mission to Space Station (NASA -...

(Source: NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) TV Coverage Set for Seventh SpaceX Resupply Mission to Space Station | NASA MORE STORIES NASA commercial partner SpaceX currently is...

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Russian rocket engines suspected in launch blast

CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. — Crews searched for scorched wreckage along the Virginia coast Wednesday in hopes of determining why an unmanned commercial rocket exploded in a blow to NASA’s strategy of using...

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Rocket explosion setback for commercial space

Travel Deals $1203* & up -- Business Class Holiday Flights to London, E/W   See all travel deals » BROCK VERGAKIS, The Associated Press Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2014, 5:41 PM CHINCOTEAGUE,...

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